I met Ivan in Ireland on a summer holiday. It happened during my last two days there. For the first nine months of our relationship, I was in Australia and he was in Ireland. Honestly during that time I had no idea how it was ever going to work; but as smitten and naive as we were, we didn’t care. It was very difficult and pretty ridiculous really; but what can I say, I loved him and I knew he felt the same. Then when he finally came to australia he spent the first 6 months in Sydney and I in Perth. He knew no one in Perth except for me and in sydney he was offered a job he couldn’t refuse. Despite my heart nearly falling to pieces, I knew Sydney was what he wanted and I let him go. Then 4 months later his friends convinced him to break up with me. They couldn’t understand why he was with someone so far away; and so I was left completely heartbroken. During those confusing months we were apart Ivan continued to called me consistently. He kept telling me he still loved me. I responded by telling him to leave me alone and quit f@*$ing with my head. Two months later, he’s flying over to convince me to take him back. I’m waiting for him to arrive at the airport thinking ‘What the hell am I doing here?’, but as soon as I saw him walk out the gate I just knew I couldn’t resist him. As much as I didn’t want to and hated myself for it; I still loved him. I still loved him as much as I did the first time I ever met him. A week later Ivan moved to Perth for good and we have been living happily ever after together for nearly 2 years. Ivan is applying for his permanent residency next year and we have plans to eventually marry in the next two.
Despite the distance, expensive phone bills and flights, family and friends telling us otherwise, trust issues, lonely nights and incredible heartache and enormous sacrifice and patience; we are still together. At the end of the story he made all my dream come true and still is. It was all worth it in the end and I don’t regret a single day.
So the moral of the story is: If you think they’re worth it, why not take the risk? Not all long distance relationships have a sad ending.
by cuziam